Improvement in ointments



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

JEROME B. BROWN AND 'SARAH W. BROWN, OF WILLOUGHBY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN OINTMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,949, dated November16, 1875; application filed September 26, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JEROME B. BROWN andSARAH W. BROWN, of Willoughby, in

the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedMedical Gompound; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates to the treatment of women during pregnancy; andconsists of the compound hereinafter specified. I

In carrying out our invention, we make a compound of two pounds ofglycerine, four ounces of the green bark of the roots or pulp of theberries of nightshade, (Solcmum duloamam,) two ounces of the flowers ofarnica,

night before going to bed, for the space of about twelve weeks beforeconfinement.

The object and intended effect of this treatment is to soften the dryand feverish parts, and to alleviate the bearing-down sensation, socommonly experienced by pregnant women; also, to prevent falselabor-pains, and to reduce the severity of true labor-pains, all ofwhich we consider to be accomplished in a better manner by ourinvention, as herein described, than by any other means or appliances ofwhich we are aware.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A compound of glycerine, arnica, woody nightshade, and nutmeg, in aboutthe propertions and for the purpose specified.

JEROME B. BROWN. SARAH W. BROWN. Witnesses:

G. N. TUTTLE, BENJ. D. CHENEY.

